government goes about raising debt ceilings. senate leaders from both parties are hammering that out. the kick the can deal, a short-term deal that would raise the debt ceiling for a few weeks or months. the president has said he doesn't like that idea. coming up next the just get to 2012 deal, a compromise that would give the government spending power to get through the president elections. fourth, the grand compromise, the one the president is pushing for, the long-term deal that could take a big bite out of the deficit. two big head lines, the casualties keep coming and the scope keeps widening. rebekah brooks arrested. the woman once headed up his british papers, she's out on bail. headline two, the head of scotland yard resigns. sir paul stevenson is quitting over criticism how he handled the saga. >> as commissioner i carry ultimate responsibility for the position we find ourselves in. with hindsight i wish we had sunlged matters involve this affair differently. i didn't and that's that. brace for an explosive few days ahead. ra beck that brooks, rupert murdock and his son are scheduled to be questioned by british lawmakers tuesday. 15 seconds of news from canada. classic rockers chief trick got a scare as their stage collapsed at the ottawa blues fest. the stage blew over in severe weather. that's where we snagged these pictures. check out the stage before. and after. it's barely recognizable. good news, no serious injuries. you hear the words grope and airport and junk-touching security checkpoint horror stories pop to mind. there's a twist. phoenix police arrested a would-be passenger, a 61-year-old woman shown here for allegedly squeezing and twisting a tsa officer's breasts. they say she rushed through the screening on thursday and started arguing with officials and that led to the alleged grope. >> surprise you that somebody did that to the tsa? >> i don't know. i mean, nothing really surprises me, i guess. >> i'm surprised it hasn't happened sooner. >> the woman spent a night in jail. she is facing felony sex abuse charges. casey anthony as free woman, whereabouts unknown. he was released from an orlando jail early sunday morning. here's a snapshot of the life she walked out to. about two weeks after she was acquitted of killing her daughter caylee. she's broke, she's facing several pending lawsuits, she's not communicating with her family. and her lawyers say she's been getting death threats. the big question, where does she go from here? your guess is as good as mine. a heart-stopping, nail-biting finale to the women's world cup final but the american women couldn't clinch it. japan took the title in penalty kicks. the u.s. was favored to win but japan, the sentimental favorite, rallying their country after january's devastating earthquake and tsunami. here is u.s. forward abby wambach. >> evidently it wasn't meant to be. we worked so hard. we believed in each other through everything. >> no matter where, who you were rooting for, this was a nail-biter to the end. it kept the first family on the edge of their seats. president obama, the first lady, sasha and malia with laser focus on the game. take a look at how the world's money is doing. the nikkei closes up, hang seng and ftse are down. let's go to kristie lu stout live from hong kong. how are investors reacting to markets this morning? >> hey, there. let's start down under. australia's main index is flat. shares of news corp fell nearly 4%, a two-year low. the reason we all know why, the phone-hacking scandal. in hong kong the market closed down .03%. the 8% slide in chipmaker smic. tokyo was closed for public holiday. in europe stock marketed all in the red given those ongoing debt fears in u.s. and europe. one bright spot, gold is going the other way, hitting a record high. >> continued concerns about debt in europe and u.s. having this effect on gold. this is another big week for wall street, independent of these debt ceiling concerns. >> that's right. america ace biggest, most influential companies are handing in their report cards this week. investors expect this will be a crucial moment for the market given the concerns about the u.s. economy. but we should keep in mind historically speaking, second quarter earnings are usually the weakest of the year. today, got to look out for big names. halliburton. ibm. hasbro. which makes toys related to big summer movies like transformers and thor. have you seen nerf thor hammers? >> by the way, let's talk about moneymakers at the box office. this doesn't end. harry potter, we knew it was going to do well, it did particularly well. the finale, they say, scoring the best opening weekend ever. a record $168.6 million here in the u.s. $476 million worldwide. "transformers dlrks dark of the moon" fell 55% from its debut but came in second with $21.3 million. that comedy called "horrible bosses" was third. with $17.6 million. have you seen any of these? >> no, i haven't seen any of them and i hate to say the one movie i'd be most likely to see is "horrible bosses." i was checking out the 360 blog and it says as movie franchises go harry potter has banked more than star wars, pirates of the caribbean and the james bond franchise. >> which is why i don't believe any of these things are done when they say they're done. if you make that much money, why be done? let me know if you ever get to any of these movies. kristie lu stout in hong kong. rob marciano, any flight delays? >> not yet but we're looking at new york city to be the main threat. i want to start with tropical storm bret. just to the east of florida. just north of the bahamas. winds of 50 miles an hour at this hour. and where's the forecast track? it's that close to the u.s. right now we think it's going to go out to sea. that's the good news. bad news is the southeast could use the rainfall. including much of florida. so we'll take a weak tropical storm for the rain. but this one looks like it's going to go out to sea. expected delays in new york city and chicago with thunderstorms expected there. afternoon boomers in detroit and cleveland as well. the other big story continues to be the heat. as far north as minneapolis. temperatures will easily get into the 90s and it will feel well over 100 as a searing heat wave continues for folks who are used to enduring more in the way of drastically cold temperatures. but if you're trying to stay cool, check out what they're doing in japan. there's a new product on the market. they're very energy-conscious. they try to save money. they don't want to strain the grid. they have this foam they spray on their skin and it cools them down. on top of that, i'm not sure how it works. at first i thought it was alcohol that would help evaporate things. it turns into a bit of a fashion statement. you can wear it as a bracelet, put it around your neck, cool yourself off that way. wear it all day long. >> it keeps you cool? >> yeah, it keeps you cool. >> i must try some of that. >> put that around your head like a crown before you get on the subway. >> i'll try it out. check in with you in a little bit. all those fees you get knowledge which aed when you fly, there's a push to get airlines to better explain what they're charging and how much they're collecting. >> >> our quote of the day. i think that the republican party would be well-advised to get the heck out of people's bedrooms and let these things get decided by states." which newsmaker do you think said that over the weekend weekend about same-sex marriage? the answer after this quick break. 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"atlantis" will undock tomorrow and returns thursday to earth. nasa will retire all three space shuttles for good. you remember the marines who used youtube to get justin timberlake andmy la kunis to go to the marine ball? another marine is trying to get betty white to attend the ball as well. grab some fish eggs on your way home from work today. it is national caviar day. at 5:00 a.m. this is the best i could do in new york. it is 17 minutes after the hour. purina cat chow helps you well-being. we're all striving for it. nurture it in your cat with a full family of excellent nutrition and helpful resources. purina cat chow. share a better life. 19 minutes after the hour. here are three minutes you need to have on your raud daughter today. with augusted 2 approaching president obama and xwregs along leaders still trying to work out a possible deficit reduction deal, a debt ceiling increase deal. around 9:00 eastern this morning the shulgs "atlantis" crew will bid farewell to the space station crew before closing the hatch and preparing to return home. i'm going to talk to those folks wednesday morning. 1:00 p.m. eastern president obama will nominate richard cordray to nominate the consumer protection bureau scheduled to formally open for business thursday. the bureau is intended to make basic financial practices such as taking out a mortgage or loan clearer and more transparent. general david petraeus hands over command of afghanistan. the outgoing top commander of nato forces transferred authority to marine lieutenant john allen. petraeus plans to retire from the army before taking over as cia director on september the 6th. former south african president nelson mandela celebrating his 93rd birthday with his family by his side as birthday wishes pour in from around the world. here are a few of them. >> happy birthday. >> happy birthday. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday >> the united nations and nelson mandela have one request, asking each person to devote 67 minutes to helping others, one minute for every year of mandela's own service to humanity. 67 minutes. that's a challenge we can all rise to. this typhoon is headed for japan. that's got workers scrambling to protect a reactor at yeah been's crippled nuclear plant. even though the typhoon is expected to strike well south of the plant, authorities say they are not taking chances. typhoon ma-on is expected to make landfall tuesday. even by it's land's starts it's hot. temperatures got up to 70 over the weekend. a reporter sent us this video of people flocking to beaches in the balmy 70-degree weather. he says the natives are sweltering under unusually high temperatures. it's normally in the 50s and 60s during summer in iceland. you've probably all heard about these marine corps balls. they are pretty extravagant affairs, always a hot ticket. this year they're getting a healthy dose of hollywood. marines keep asking celebrities. celebrities keep accepting invitations. mila kunis and justin timberlake both snagged dates. now a third celebrity is being courted online. listen to this. >> i would like to take betty white. she's just funny, she's sweet, she's mature. she's the all-around perfect woman. >> that by the way is sergeant ray lewis. he's asking america's senior citizen sweetheart betty white to join him at the ball. our businessman special today is the fork. find out how the size of your fork can actually make you fat. 26 minutes after the hour. good morning, it's monday, july 18th. it's your "wake-up call." america could start defaulting on its bills in the just over two weeks. still, d.c.'s all talk, not a lot of action when it comes to reaching a debt crisis deal. there was private weekend wrangling between the white house and congressional leaders. no progress to report yet. republican senator jon kyl says the gop needs details from the president before shaking hands. >> i'm a little frustrated. you heard it in the press conference of the president. you heard it today from the administration spokesman. they're never willing to be specific about the reductions in spending that they would be willing to do. >> the debt ceiling, possible default, and washington rhetoric are a little too wongy to get excited about, no one knows exactly what will happen if we don't raise the debt ceiling. we talked to alan blinder, former vice chairman of the federal reserve. he says government payments could be slower to come out if they come out at all. interest rates could rise. some of the experts we talked to said the u.s. could, could, get pushed back into a recession. looks like microsoft may be getting into the social networking game. a reporter happened upon the welcome page for tulalip. it was taken down. now it says it was an internal design page mistakenly published to the web. not everything is friendly in the social media world. app developer michael johnson was looking for a way to invite facebook friends and others to join google plus. he placed an ad. facebook wasn't amused. it erased the ads and disabled his account. lose a bag, get a check. new york senator charles schumer says it should be that simple. a new regulation says airlines have to refund your bag fee if they lose your bag. here's the rub. if it's never returned. schumer wants to change that so you'll get a refund if your bag doesn't arrive when you do. a volcano is causing people to take flight in indonesia. 5,000 people left their homes yesterday after a volcano erupted. it sent smoke to high authorities were concerned about flight disruptions at nearby airports. the volcano has erupted several times since thursday. volkswagen off to a good start for the first half of the year. europe's largest automaker reports it sold a record 4 million cars in the last six months under all its brands. its new 2012 beetle hits showrooms this fall being manufactured in mexico. live from london, good morning, this news corp scandal continues to unfold. a high-profile resignation this weekend, a high-profile arrest, what's the latest? >> yeah, absolutely. it's also followed the prime minister of britain, of the uk, all the way to south africa where he is on a trip to try to drum the more business. the head of britain's largest police force has resigned. that's sir paul stevenson. commissioner of the metropolitan police stepped down as questions surrounding his relationship with editors of the "news of the world" newspaper. while stevenson maintains he had no knowledge of the extent of the activities paper he said he was resigning because "as commissioner i carry ultimate responsibility for the position we find ourselves in." his resignation comes as news international's former chief executive rebekah brooks was arrested sunday and underwent 12 hours of questioning by police. that came as a surprise she was arrested. she thought she was just going to be helping in their investigation. brooks is set to appear before a parliamentary inquiry tuesday alongside james murdock and rupert murdock. there are questions if she'll be able to testify. >> those bombings last week in india. hillary clinton had a trip planned there. she's still going ahead with that trip? >> yeah, we understand this is a key trip for secretary clinton. it comes less than a week after a series of explosions in mumbai that left 19 dead and about 100 injured. she says it's more important than ever that we stand with india. no one has claimed responsibility for those blasts. and